war. It started when the Ionians revolt against the Persians and asked Greek to save them. The wars were Marathon‚ Thermopylae‚ Salamis‚ and Plataea. The battle of Marathon was the first war. The Greeks won the war against the Persians. In the war the Persians thought they could sneak attack Athens but the Greeks were waiting for them the whole time. The battle of Thermopylae was the second war. The Persians won the war against the Greeks. In the war the Greeks thought they could go in a tight
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Greeks revolted‚ Athens sent them aid. King Darius of Persia puts down rebellion but vows revenge on Greece. - Battle of marathon : Greeks outnumbered 25000 to 10000. Greek phalanxes superior and win. Sends Pheidippides to run to Athens to tell victory so that Athens will not give up city-state to Persia . Pheidippides runs 26 miles to deliver message‚ dies at end. - Battle of Thermopylae : King xerxes
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passing by‚ That here obedient to their laws …….we lie. Thus reads an ancient stone at Thermopylae in northern Greece‚ the site of one of the world’s greatest battles for freedom. The book is told in a circuitous way; I found the jumping back and forth in time a bit distracting‚ but more off-putting was the way Xeones forecasts an event or subplot before narrating it in detail later. Already knowing how Thermopylae turned out‚ I was hoping for some suspense in the details‚ but there too Pressfield tells
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and Persia had it eyes on Greece. After first failing to conquer Greece ten years earlier‚ Persia had returned to finish the job. The Battle of Thermopylae is the story of Sparta and its allies defending against the much bigger Persian Army and it is one of the most famous ‘last stand’ stories of all time. The movie depiction of Sparta and the Battle of Thermopylae is filled with untruths but actual Sparta was different in how the government was run‚ in the details‚ and in who actually fought against
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narrow mountain pass at a place now made famous by the battle fought there — Thermopylae (the Hot Gates). The reason why Leonidas appeared with only a token force was that Sparta was at that time celebrating a religious festival; the reason why the other Greek forces were so scanty was that their cities were celebrating their Olympic games. Neither Sparta‚ famous for there fighting men‚ nor her allies thought that the battle of Thermopylae would be engaged as soon as it was‚ so the matter stood
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how they raised their people. The society had two kings‚ one military and one religious. They also had the council of elders that helped make decisions. In Pressfields novel Leonidas was the military king of Sparta during the times of the battle of Thermopylae. The polis of Sparta had a system‚ and overall it worked effectively. The men protected the city‚
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the years leading up to‚ during‚ and shortly after the legendary Battle of Thermopylae through the eyes of a Spartan helot by the name of Xeones. It shows the fortitude and strength of character required by the Spartans to defy the Persian aggressor Xerxes‚ buying time for their country to prepare a proper defense with their lives. Steven Pressfield does more than just tell the story of what happened during the battle of Thermopylae (which in and of itself is a phenomenal story)‚ he uses it as a backdrop
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Persian messenger who tries to get Sparta to submit. • Pythia‚ an Oracle to the Ephors. • Tyler Neitzel as young Leonidas. • Uber Immortal (giant)‚ a muscular and deranged Immortal who battles Leonidas during the Immortal fight. • Persian General who tries to get Leonidas to comply at the end of the battle. • Executioner‚ a hulking‚ clawed man who executes men with whom Xerxes is displeased. Plot Dilios‚ a Spartan soldier‚ narrates the story of Leonidas from his boyhood to becoming a king
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Katy Carlin Professor Lipkin HISTO 1110 June 21‚ 2013 The Battle of Thermopylae According to the essay Herodotus: Xerxes Invades Greece‚ from The Histories‚ Herodotus was a very famous historian‚ who gave his account of the battle of Thermopylae. It is significant though to recognize that Herodotus was Greek and giving an account of what happened when the Persians defeated them. In the text Xerxes has many incidents that portray him as superstitious and tyrannical. Some examples of
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“Did I hear that right? There is a plan to fight Persia at Thermopylae?” My friend Aesop asked. We were coming out of a meeting at the barracks. “Yes‚ my friend‚ we will defend the pass from the invaders‚” I replied.In the meeting in the barracks‚ King Leonidas had told us that he was going to hand pick 300 of our elite soldiers to fight Persia. “Did you know‚ Acacius?” he asked me‚ “Only fathers will be going on this mission.” He was correct. The king was only picking soldiers who had children
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